CA2337766A1 - Modular track-laying system - Google Patents

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CA2337766A1
CA2337766A1 CA002337766A CA2337766A CA2337766A1 CA 2337766 A1 CA2337766 A1 CA 2337766A1 CA 002337766 A CA002337766 A CA 002337766A CA 2337766 A CA2337766 A CA 2337766A CA 2337766 A1 CA2337766 A1 CA 2337766A1
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Vernon E. Gleasman
Keith E. Gleasman
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D55/00—Endless track vehicles
    • B62D55/08—Endless track units; Parts thereof
    • B62D55/12—Arrangement, location, or adaptation of driving sprockets
    • B62D55/125—Final drives
    • B62D55/13—Final drives readily interchangeable modular type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D55/00—Endless track vehicles
    • B62D55/08—Endless track units; Parts thereof
    • B62D55/10—Bogies; Frames

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)
  • Non-Deflectable Wheels, Steering Of Trailers, Or Other Steering (AREA)
  • Automobile Manufacture Line, Endless Track Vehicle, Trailer (AREA)
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A modular track suspension system is readily adapted for attachment to any presently manufactured full-size automotive vehicle (10) built with a load-carrying frame (12), being easily substituted for the vehicle's conventional wheeled undercarriage either during or following final assembly. The module uses a pair of endless rubber tracks (14, 15), one track under each respective side of the vehicle; and each track (14, 15) is supported over tandem units (17, 18) with, preferably, side-by-side dual-wheels (20, 21 and 22, 23) having rubber tires. The dual-wheels are each movable in a vertical plane, and each dual-wheel can move separately and independently of the similar independent movement of the other dual-wheel with which it is in tandem. Each dual-wheel is also resiliently biased in the direction of the terrain on which the vehicle is standing or moving.
CA002337766A 1998-12-16 1999-12-10 Modular track-laying system Expired - Fee Related CA2337766C (en)

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US09/213,650 1998-12-16
US09/213,650 US6135220A (en) 1998-12-16 1998-12-16 Modular system for track-laying vehicle
PCT/US1999/029281 WO2000035739A1 (en) 1998-12-16 1999-12-10 Modular track-laying system

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EP (1) EP1140607B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3560915B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100421832B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1105050C (en)
AT (1) ATE290977T1 (en)
AU (1) AU743566B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9912268A (en)
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DE (1) DE69924291T2 (en)
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